Garment hanger



- Get. 20, 1942. L. A. YOUNG 2,299,370

GARMENT HANGER Filed July 28, 1941 Patented Oct. 20, 1942 "-iUN'l T-ED STATES TP-AP'FEPNT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER l Leonard A Young, Detroit, Mich assignor. to L. A. Young Spring & WireCorporation', De-

AppIicationJuly'ZS, 1941; Serial N0.Z404,352

9 Claims.

Thisv invention erelates to'i-improvementsin gar- ;ment hangers.

The mainobjects of this'invention are: r Firstptmprovide an improved satisfactory garment hanger characterized by its rigidity and resistance-to distortion or displacement of its -parts, notwithstanding the simplicity thereof.

Second, :touprov-idea garment hanger having the above stated advantages which includes a tyokeof' compressed-fibrous stock and a metal suspending 'hook associated therewithin a novel and::highly effective. distortion and. displacement resistant relation.

':-Thi1fd;'.t0 providea-agarment hanger suitable .forrepeated use, and: one in which the parts may bBuBOOIIOIIIiCaHY produced and assembled.

Objects relating .to details and: economies of the invention will definitely-appear from .the'description .toifollow. .The. invention: is; defined in the Claims.

..@A' structure embodying thefeatures ofthe inmention is clearly illustrated in the accompanya ing' drawing. in. which:

1 Fig. 1: is. a perspective view illustrating a garvment hanger-in accordance with a preferred .embodiment of my invention.

- Fig. 2 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view in sec- :tion on a line icorresponding to line 2'2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary. perspective view of a modified embodiment of my invention; being sectioned verticallyto. illustrate details of the construction thereof.

"Fig: 4 is-an enlargedfragmentaryview in sec- :tionon av line corresponding toiline 4'4 of Fig. 3.

. Fig. 5 is a.-.fragmentary plan .view partially broken away andzhorizontally sectioned to illustratev a further modified embodiment of the invention; and

:Fig; 6 is a fragmentary view in section on a linecorrespondingto line 6--6-of Fig. v5.

This inventionrelates in general to a garment hanger of. the typeincluding a fabricated fibrous garment supporting yoke having a hook operativelyassociatedtherewith for suspending garments drapedthereon. It is generally-similar to v the garment hangersshown and described in my copending application for Letters Patent, Serial Nol 391,935,.filed May 5, 1941.

The present invention is characterized primarily-by thesimplicity and inexpensiveness of its parts, likewise bythe ease with which the parts are operatively assembled, and in assembled condition, by its ruggedness, rigidity and resistance to relative displacement of the parts.

Referring to the drawing, the reference nu- .meral I generally designates a garment'h'anger in accordance with a preferred embodiment of -myfi invention, including a garment supporting a depending relativelythick vertical'web 5 10- J cated centrally of and beneath the lateral arms 6 of the horizontal flange.

.I'It will-be appreciated that flange 4 furnishes an upper garment supporting surface of substantial width and area capable of supporting garments draped thereover without objectionably creasing" the same, while the thick depending web 5 greatly strengthens and rigidifies the yoke as a whole and resists bending, twisting or like distortion thereof. In order to secure the hook 3to the yoke centrally thereof, I form the lower end of the shank l of the hook, as clearly illustrated inFig. 2, to provide a laterally offset horizontalbight 8, the horizontal arms 9 of which are clampingly, and preferably embeddingly engaged with the flange 4at one side thereof. The lower arm 9 is'offset degrees downwardly and conformed in an upwardly facing bight ID,

.the arms I I of which are grippingly, and preferably embeddingly, engaged-with the web 5. This results in a strong clamping and binding engagement. of the hook withthe' yoke'which is very simply produced and very effectively resists separation of the parts.

ltiIn Figs. 3 and 4 I illustrate a structure which is generally similar to that shown in Fig. 1, save that the-hookfl is formed of a pair of integrally connected wire strands l3 folded degrees into parallel and in side by side relation to one another, these strands being twisted at M to form the shank of the hook.

'Atfthe'lower end of the shank the strands I4 are conformed in "the same manner as is the single wire shank 1 shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but

face oppositely; hence I have designated the various parts by similar reference numerals, it being understood that the respective strands engage the opposite sides of the yoke as shown and described, constituting a highly effective distortion and displacement resistant structure.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I illustrate a still further embodiment of the invention wherein a shank l5 having the twisted strands I6 is employed. In this case the strands are laterally oifset in opposite directions at I! and provided with bights l8 grippingly engaging the top flange arms of the yoke. The extremities of the bights 3 are again offset in opposite directions parallel to the yoke and are grippingly and preferably embeddingly engaged with the web 5 thereof immediately beneath flange 4. To improve the effectiveness of the gripping engagement, the extremities are given a corrugated or wavy outline at l9 enabling the same to be readily indented into the stock of the web.

In assembling the foregoing structure the yoke and hook are brought together in an automatic machine which crimps or folds the hook extremity about the flange and web of the yoke in the manner described above, resulting in a very firm displacement-resistant structure. These hangers are very strong and rigid, and may be used repeatedly without becoming inoperative due to separation or breakage of the parts.

Embodiments of the invention which incorporate the principles of the invention in a highly desirable manner have been illustrated and described. It should be understood that the foregoing terminology is used descriptively rather than in a limiting sense, and with full intention to-include equivalents of the features shown and described, within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a garment supporting yoke fabricated of multi-ply paper stock folded a plurality of times upon itself and conformed to a T-shaped section providing a top garment supporting flange of substantial width and area and a bottom reinforcing web of substantial thickness depending centrally from said flange, and a wire hook having a lating offset downwardly and terminating in a furtherupwardly opening'bight grippingly engaged with either side of said web whereby said hook and yoke are maintained from relative displacement.

2. A garment hanger comprising a garment supporting yoke fabricated of multi-ply paper stock folded a plurality of times upon itself and conformed to a section providing a top garment supporting flangeof substantial width and area and a bottom reinforcing web of substantial thickness depending from said flange, and a wire hook having a laterally extending bight grippingly engaged with the top and bottom sides of said flange and a further upwardly opening bight grippingly engaged with either side of said web whereby said hook and yoke are maintained from relative displacement.

3. A garment hanger comprising a garment supporting yoke conformed to provide a top horizontal garment supporting flange of substantial width and area and a reinforcing web depending from said flange, and a suspending hook having a bight grippingly engaged with said flange and a second bight clampingly engaged with said web, whereby said hook and yoke are maintained from relative displacement,

4. A garment hanger comprising a yoke of fibrous stock folded in multi-layer T-shaped outline to provide a top horizontal garment supporting flange of substantial width and a vertical reinforcing web of substantial thickness depending from said flange to reinforce the yoke, I

and a Wire hook associated with said yoke provided with a bight'grippingly engaged with said flange, said hook terminating in fingers offset parallel to the yoke engaged with the web thereof, whereby relative movement of the yoke and hook is prevented.

5. A garment hanger comprising a yoke of T section providing a top horizontal garment supporting member of substantial width and a vertical reinforcing web element of substantial thickness depending from said top member to reinforce the yoke, and a wire hook associated with said yoke provided with an intermediate portion engaged with said top member and a terminal portion grippingly engaged wtih the bottom of the web element, whereby relative movement of the yoke and web is prevented.

6. A garment hanger comprising a yoke of T section fabricated of paper stock providing a top garment supporting portion of substantial width and a vertical midrib of substantial thickness, and a wire suspending hook provided with a shank terminating in an upwardly facing loop clampingly embracing said midrib and provided with a laterally facing loop clampingly embracing one edge of said top portion.

'7. A garment hanger comprising a yoke of T section fabricated of multi-ply paper stock providing a top garment supporting portion of substantial width and a vertical reinforcing web, and a wire suspending hook formed of a piece of wire folded upon itself, the resulting strands being disposed side by side and twisted together to provide a shank, the strands terminating in oppositely disposed upwardly facing loops grippingly embracing said web and loops grippingly engaging the top portion of said yoke.

8. A garment hanger comprising a yoke of T section fabricated of paper stock providing a top garment supporting portion of substantial width and a vertical reinforcing web, and a suspending hook comprising wire'strands twisted together to provide a shank, the strands having oppositely disposed loops below such twists, the loops grippingly embracing the edges of said top portion of said yoke, the free arms of the loop terminating in portions disposed longitudinally of and in gripping engagement with the sides of the web.

9. A garment hanger comprising a yoke of T section fabricated of paper stock providing a top garment supporting portion of substantial width and a vertical reinforcing web, and a suspending hook comprising wire strands twisted together to provide a shank, the strands having oppositely disposed loops below such twists, the loops grippingly embracing the edges of said top portion of said yoke.

LEONARD A. YOUNG 

